Dahl, Roald; illustrated by Jill BennettDANNY THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD London: Jonathan Cape. 1975 - First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original brown cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents without previous owner&#146;s inscriptions or stamps with a little spotting to the text block edge. Complete with the very good rubbed and slightly edge-worn dustwrapper with some spoting to the flaps. Not price-clipped (£2.25 net to the front flap). Signed without dedication by Roald Dahl in blue ink on the front free endpaper. Provenance: Signed on October 31st 1975 at the Exeter Children&#146;s Book Fair. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Warhol, AndyThe Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed. First edition, second printing lacking the "first edition" statement but bearing the number line B C D E. Inscribed to Dorothy [Blau], with a heart, and signed in full by Andy Warhol (initials were much more common) in black permanent marker on half title page. Blau (1917-2014) was an influential Miami art dealer known as the Godmother of POP. She helped propel Warhol to prominence in the international art world, also championing the work of Keith Haring and Christo and Jean Claude, among others. Warhol acknowledged his debt to her, taking her portrait twice, something he did for no one else. Near Fine with sunning and light wear to edges. In a Near Fine dust jacket with light wear. An excellent association between the most famous Pop artist of all time and the dealer sometimes referred to as "The Godmother of Pop.

(Evolutionary Chess Set) 1975. Folk art chess set and table. This non-traditional chess set is based on the theory of evolution, with dinosaurs facing off against mammals. The field is alternating squares of brown earth and green & blue ponds. The pawns on each side grow through the early evolutionary stages: the dinosaurs starts as a simple DNA double helix, which progresses through aquatic creatures and early amphibians; the mammalian side begins with a small, rat-like creature that ultimately evolves into early man. The larger pieces are in pairs, though each member of the pair is posed differently so that the set comprises sixteen unique pieces. The dinosaurs are represented by stegosaurs, pterodactyls, and something similar to an iguanodon. The king and queen are, appropriately, a pair of tyrannosaurus rex; the queen wears a pretty necklace of shark teeth. Opposite are rhinoceroses, saber-tooth tigers, mammoths, and a pair of modern humans as king and queen. The queen is a smartly dressed woman from Tokyo, and the king is a farmer named Butch, who bears an unfortunate resemblance to his pre-historic cousin in the row of pawns. The entire piece is a free-standing table, with the board resting on four legs. Around the edges of the board, a continuous landscape shows the gradual progression of life from the chaotic cosmos through to the modern day. The four legs of the table are painted in similar scenes, with one leg each for early aquatic life, dinosaurs, early mammals, and modern day. The Tokyo theme may point to a date of creation in the range of 1965-1975, the height of the Japanese Kaiju monster films craze. Pre-historic creatures, though magnified to a gargantuan scale, were common in these monster films, and their size was often the result of science gone wrong. The top of the chessboard measures 33 inches square, the base 36 inches square, and it stands 34 inches tall, not including pieces. A fascinating, unique piece.

HALEY AlexTyped draft page annotated 1975. HALEY, Alex. Typed draft page annotated. No place, circa 1975. Single sheet of goldenrod paper measuring 8-1/2 by 11 inches; matted and framed with photographic image from Roots, entire piece measures 14 by 24 inches. $3800.Rare typed page from an early book draft of Roots heavily annotated in green felt-tip marker in Alex HaleyÂ’s own hand, handsomely matted and framed with a photographic group portrait from the movie set of the Roots miniseries.This typed page is from an early draft of Alex HaleyÂ’s Roots, one of the most popular works of African-American historical fiction ever written. Alex Haley has heavily annotated in his own hand in green felt-tip marker. The page details the changes Haley made to the conversation between Miss Malizy and the slave Kizzy, a scene which occurs when Kizzy is first separated from her parents and sold to her new owner. Â“HaleyÂ’s most celebrated novel, Roots, has been compared to both Moby Dick and War and Peace. The Washington Post called it the most highly acclaimed book of our timeÂ… The author immediately became a household name, as he won over 270 awards. A phenomenon of the decade, Roots mesmerized Americans and readers of literature throughout the world. No novel since the publications of Uncle TomÂ’s Cabin and Gone With the Wind captured the public interest on the subject of slavery and its ramificationsÂ… In Roots Haley successfully traced his ancestors with a birth in 1750 in Gambia, through oral history with painstaking research and thereby put into perspective the historical background of millions of other African AmericansÂ… HaleyÂ’s 12 years of work on Roots won him a special Pulitzer prize on April 18, 1977Â” (Blockson 3939). Fine condition.

Colin DexterLast Bus to Woodstock A first edition, first printing published by Macmillan in 1975. A very good+ book with the usual browning and a little spotting to the page edges. One small previous owner's ticket to the front pastedown. In a very good+ unclipped wrapper with a thin stretch of off-setting to the front panel. Morse's first outing and a rare first book.

FORD Gerald R Remarks for Crime Message Briefing 1975. Signed. FORD, Gerald R. Remarks for Crime Message Briefing. Washington: White House Editorial Office, 1975. Original typescript, consisting of a cover sheet and six one-sided pages. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $6500.Original typewritten final version of President Fords opening statement for his press conference regarding the Special Message to Congress on Crime, with substantive autograph emendations incorporated into the text. Copy belonging to speechwriter Paul A. Theis.Gerald Ford served as President during one of the most volatile periods of American history. He was faced with the aftermath of the Watergate scandal and the military withdrawal from Vietnam. On top of that, the nation was experiencing run-away inflation, 7.5% unemployment, a crisis in energy, and an increased rate in crime. On June 19, 1975, Ford held a press conference to announce his proposal to Congress of a program for curbing crime and ensuring domestic tranquility. This final version of his remarks contains substantive autograph changes by the President, especially regarding the legal rights of victims: For too long the law has centered its attention more on the rights of the criminal than on the victim of the crime. It is high time we reversed this trend and put the highest priority on the victims and potential victims of crime. On the question of gun control, Ford positions himself as unalterably opposed to federal registration of guns or gun owners. I do propose that the Congress enact legislation to deal with handguns for criminal purposes. I also propose further federal restrictions on so-called Saturday night specials. The former owner of this original typescript, speechwriter Paul Theis, came to the White House from the Republican National Congressional Committee, where he directed public relations activities. He served as Executive Editor in the White House Editorial Office from 1974 to 1976, which included heading up the White House speechwriting unit. Theis oversaw the production of about 12 major speeches per month for Ford.A bit of paper-clip rust on a few sheets. A historic presidential document in near-fine condition.

SONG OF LOS. BY WILLIAM BLAKE. London: Published by The Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, 1975. 4to. half morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, top edge gilt, enclosed in clamshell morocco backed box. 8 leaves of facsimile in color followed by (16) pages. Limited to 458 numbered copies, With the color facsimiles produced under the supervision of Arnold Fawcus at his Trianon Press by the collotype and hand-stencil process. Historical text by Geoffrey Keynes. Very fine copy.

Fowles, John [Gittings, Robert] [Thomas Hardy]HAND-DRAWN THOMAS HARDY FAMILY TREE [with] YOUNG THOMAS HARDY (annotated By John Fowles) 1975. (Fowles, John.) Gittings, Robert. YOUNG THOMAS HARDY. London: Heinemann, 1975. First Edition. Fowles's copy of this well-known biography with a number of passages marked, some in red ink. Laid in is a gift card from Fowles's first wife Elizabeth (d.1990) dated 31 March 1975 which was Fowles's 49th birthday. [With] Fowles's HAND-DRAWN THOMAS HARDY FAMILY TREE (n.p., n.d.) ILLUSTRATING THE HARDY-SPARKS-HAND BRANCHES OF HARDY'S FAMILY. FURTHER ANNOTATED WITH A VARIETY OF FOWLES'S NOTATIONS, seemingly HIS ATTEMPT TO EXPLORE THE ONCE CONTROVERSIAL ROMANCE AND BROKEN ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN HARDY AND HIS COUSIN TRYPHENA SPARKS WHICH FEATURES IN THE PLOT OF THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN. The scorings in red ink in Gittings's book mostly concern themselves with these same Hardy-Tryphena hypotheses. Very Good Manuscript, Near Fine copy of the book. Unique.. Signed. Original Manuscript. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by John Fowles.

Dahl, Roald; illustrated by Jill Bennett:DANNY THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD London: Jonathan Cape. 1975. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original brown cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents without previous owners inscriptions or stamps with a little spotting to the text block edge. Complete with the very good rubbed and slightly edge-worn dustwrapper with some spoting to the flaps. Not price-clipped (£2.25 net to the front flap). Signed without dedication by Roald Dahl in blue ink on the front free endpaper. Provenance: Signed on October 31st 1975 at the Exeter Childrens Book Fair. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Gaddis, WilliamJR - UNCORRECTED PROOF, KURT VONNEGUT'S COPY New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. First Edition. Thick octavo (23cm); plain red wrappers, with titles printed in black on front cover; [4], 726, [2]pp. Kurt Vonnegut's copy, who has written GADDIS "JR" along the spine (in pencil) in his distinctive hand. Gentle sunning to spine, faint diagonal crease to upper right corner of front wrapper, with rubber-stamped address of the Crane Duplicating Service to inner rear wrapper and a few faint scuffs to exterior; a sound, Very Good+ or better copy. Laid in is a brief typed note from publisher Robert Gottlieb to Vonnegut, on Knopf stationary: "Dear Kurt - Here as promised: JR. Dive in....as ever, Bob." Uncorrected proof copy for Gaddis's second novel, written 20 years after The Recognitions. Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction in 1976.

Grenier, Robert (Allen Ginsberg)Sentences Toward Birds -- Allen Ginsberg's copy Kensington, CA: L Publications, 1975. First edition. Loose in Folder. Fine/Envelope. 1975. 43 index cards (4x6 inches) in original envelope addressed to Allen Ginsberg at his Stuyvesant Station PO Box. Author's return address on the front of the envelope and small ink correction on the rear. Apparently Grenier and the publisher, bookseller Curtis Faville, argued over whether or not the second word in the title should be 'Toward' or 'Towards'. Reportedly, under 100 copies were ever produced, and OCLC locates only 8. Cards are Fine. Envelope with one sided torn open. This set predates Grenier's massive 'Sentences' by 3 years and many of the short poems here would end up in that collection. A rare and experimental work, connecting the LANGUAGE poets with the Beats.

ARMSTRONGOfficial NASA colour reproduction of an artist's drawing (Neil A., 1930-2012, American Astronaut, 1st Man on the Moon), Charles 'Pete' CONRAD Jr (1930-1999, American Astronaut, 3rd Man to walk on the Moon, Apollo 12), Alan BEAN (born 1932, Astronaut and 4th Man to walk on the Moon, Apollo 12), Alan "Al" SHEPARD Jr. (1923-1998, 5th and oldest person to walk on the Moon, Apollo 14), Edgar MITCHELL (1930-2016, American Astronaut, 6th Man to walk on the Moon, Apollo 14), James 'Jim' IRWIN (1930-1991, American Astronaut, 8th Man to walk on the Moon, Apollo 15) and Charles DUKE (born 1935, 10th and youngest Man to walk on the Moon, Apollo 16) 1975 - depicting an Apollo Lunar module on the surface of the moon in June 1969, signed by seven of the twelve men who walked on the Moon during the Apollo Space project, NASA stamps on the verso, 10" x 8", no place, no date circa In 1957 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, a tiny satellite which started the Space Race in earnest. John F. Kennedy announced in May 1961 that the USA should land a man on the moon in the next decade, an ambition realised in July 1969 when Apollo 11 landed on the moon and Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins walked on the lunar surface. This is an extraordinary collection of signatures of the majority of the men who walked on the moon's surface. [Attributes: Signed Copy]

DICK, Philip K.Typed Letter Signed and Notes for a Scientific Theory of Theological Experiences , 1975. 1975. A letter dated January 27, 1975 and written to Paul [presumably Paul Williams, Dick's close friend and eventual biographer] transmitting chapter one of Confessions [of a Crap Artist] (not included here) and, included here, two pages of "theological ramblings" related to Dick's "beginning to fashion a scientific theory about [his] theological experiences..." The letter covers a bit about the retrograde forces such as tachyons bleeding back at Earth due to the weakening field of time; one of the two pages of notes considers humans' (and Dick's) roles as avatars, with knowledge received from the Holy Spirit; the other page considers our inability to recognize God and postulates a "SF novel: Hefestus as VALIS" -- a very early mention of the acronym Dick developed for the "Vast Active Living Intelligence System" that he considered to be the nature of reality and the universe, after his psychological/religious epiphanies that he experienced in February and March of 1974. The theological writings are from the early pages of what came to be known as his Exegesis, which, by the time of his death in 1982, had reached over 8000 pages of religious and metaphysical insight and speculation. The letter, signed by Dick, runs about 225 words; the theological musings about 950 words. Near fine. First Edition. No Binding. Near Fine.

Matheson, RichardBid Time Return Viking 1975 - First edition 1st printing, Very Good to Near Fine, unread book that is slightly sprung at front hinge with front board having a bit of splaying, white quarter cloth has one light spot in front gutter and sun yellowing to edges; in a Very Good to Near Fine jacket that has sun fade to spine, slight edge and corner wear, and a couple of minor overwrite impressions. This copy signed by Matheson on front end page. An uncommon time-travel romance that developed a cult following; 1980 movie tie-in is well-known, Somewhere in Time, with Christopher Reeve/Jane Seymour. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

McEwan, IanFull Set of Short Stories and Novels - First Love Last Rites to Solar Cape, 1975 A full set of first edition, first printings published by Cape between 1975 and 2012. Comprising: First Love, Last Rites/In Between The Sheets/The Cement Garden/The Comfort of Strangers/The Child in Time/The Innocent/Black Dogs/Enduring Love/Amsterdam/On Chesil Beach/Atonement/Saturday/Sweet Tooth/Solar. All are very good+ to fine condition. One small closed tear to the first volume and one name to Enduring Love. A lovely set. please email for further photos and description.[removed][removed]

Warhol, AndyThe Philosophy of Andy Warhol ( From A to B and Back Again) [Inscribed by Warhol with a Soup Can Drawing] NY: Harcourt Brace, 1975. Hardcover. Very good. First Edition. Spine lettering just barely sunned, else a very good hardback in a jacket that is lightly worn at the extremities. Inscribed and signed in full by Warhol with a drawing of a soup can.

BLAKE, William.The Song of Los. Clairvaux, Jura, France: by the Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust, London, 1975 - Large quarto. Original tan quarter morocco, marbled sides, spine lettered in gilt. With the original hand-made marbled slipcase. Some spots to spine and a very few within, still excellent condition. Five colour plates reproducing the original Book of Los. First edition thus, publisher Arnold Fawcus's copy, copy A of 26 copies reserved for the Trustees of the William Blake Trust and the Publishers, from a total edition of 458 copies, printed on Arches pure rag paper made to match the paper used by Blake.This copy derives from the Trianon Press Archive, from the estate of Trianon publisher and founder Arnold Fawcus. Blake scholar Geoffrey Keynes (1887-1982), the brother of John Maynard, provides a commentary and bibliographical history. One of the richest and most elaborate of Trianon's Blake facsimile's, "The Song of Los completes the cycles of the four continents. the complete work tells the story of mankind from Adam to the Last Judgement, the triumph of death, and the general resurrection caused by the revolution." (Blake Dictionary, S. Foster Damon.) [Attributes: First Edition]

GOODALL, John Strickland.Manuscript maquette for Creepy Castle. London: Macmillan, , 1975. Together with a smaller manuscript book proposal and the US first edition. 2 pen and watercolour manuscripts, 1 oblong octavo (190 x 140 mm) and 1 square octavo (135 x 126 mm). Volume I: loose gatherings with illustrated wrappers, 15 double page drawings (368 x 134 mm), of which all but one feature a flap which changes the scene, and 2 single page drawings (182 x 134 mm). Volume II: bound with illustrated self-wrappers, 4 double page drawings (253 x 134 mm), one of which features 3 flaps that change the scene. Together with a copy of the US first edition of the completed book in the original pink boards and pictorial dust jacket. Housed in a red quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Extremities slightly rubbed and bumped, a few small nicks and light creases to wrappers of Volume I. An excellent set with bright and crisp watercolour drawings. The original manuscript maquette of Goodall's wordless picture book, Creepy Castle, which would be published in 1975 by Macmillan in London and Atheneum in New York. While the published book conveys Goodall (1908?1996)'s inventive approach to the picture book format, it fails to fully transmit the delicate lines and colouring of the artist's lively illustrations, as evident in the current manuscript.

Gilles DELEUZE, Félix GUATTARIKafka pour une littérature mineure First edition, one of 92 numbered copies on vélin supérieur, this copy not justified, the only large paper copies with a few hors commerce copies.A very good copy. Les éditions de minuit Paris 1975 14,5x22,5cm broché